1. Over the River and Through the Woods 2. An Apple for Harriet Tubman 3. KittyKam 37 4. Tough Boris 5. The Truth About Cousin Ernie's Head
3rd Sat at 4:30 PM : BCAT 35/68 4:30 PM Sat, Nov 17 BCAT http://www.bcat.tv ch 2
BrooklynBlowback is a cable access TV show for children & YA of all ages produced live-to-tape in a ministudio in Brooklyn, NY. We narrate picture books, songs, fairy tales, biographies, and add music, puppets, pictures and a surveillance KittyKam mini-episode. We've reached more than 500,000 homes every month since August 2002! New episodes air on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 4:30 PM on BCAT Ch. 35/68 & streams on http://www.bcat.tv Ch 2. The world in a snowball. We Get Naked with the Truth.
An abandoned Fireboat was a hero during the rescue mission from 9/11. Beautifully illustrated and imaginative true story by Maira Kalman. CHeck Out Maira's NYTimes blog at http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com
5. The Truth About Uncle Ernie's Head by Matt McGelligott. Summary: Traditionally, holidays are a time for loved ones to get together... and argue. In this quirky tale, a boy rolls his eyes at his relatives' Thanksgiving Day disagreement about who stole his father's hat so many years ago, and whether it was an airplane or a buzzard that fell on Cousin Ernie's head. Tired of the shouting, the boy investigates his grandmother's attic and discovers an old home movie. There, in black-and-white, are the solutions to all of the family mysteries. [1. Sex role-Fiction. 2. Baseball-Fiction. 3. Grandmothers-Fiction. 4. African Americans-Fiction.]
3. KittyKam 37:
1. Over the River and Through the Woods by Lydia Maria FrancisChild. Summary: "Like a Mad magazine satire in both its illustration style and intent," said PW, "this urban take on Child's pastoral ditty pokes fun at tradition."
4. Tough Boris by Mem Fox; Ills by Kathryn Brown. Summary: Boris the pirate is as mean, greedy and scary as they come. But when his parrot dies, he mourns like anyone else.. [1. Children's poetry. 2. Nursery rhymes.]
2. An Apple for Harriet Tubman by by Glennette Tilley Turner; Ills by Susan Keeter. Summary: Based on the life of the woman who became a conductor of the Underground Railroad. This story follows Harriet from her early slave days to adulthood as a free woman. Apples became a symbol of freedom and wealth for Tubman and as an adult, she purchased her own house in upstate New York and planted many apple trees, the fruit of which she shared with the people in her town.
